Monday, January 11, 2010

Gold as a Hedge

Gold is a good investment strategy that used as hedge against uncertain Economic conditions. Many investors buy gold to hedge the downside risk and to avoid the negative portfolio returns . This defensive strategy based to the relationship between the gold and the financial market prices. The logic of the strategy is to reduce the losses by reaping the profit from rising the gold prices in the event of financial markets has tumbled as a result of news, rumor or even a financial crisis. In uncertain global conditions the investors should choose the defensive strategy rather than investing to get profits because in this situation we can not able to calculate the fair Values.

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